Sunday…

It would be far easier for me to just “let the day go by” with no “wise words”… (Sunday, traditionally being my day to “post”). But it seems disingenuous, somehow. Even though few ever comment, I know by the graph that word.press “oh so kindly” provides me that unknown readers do take the time to check for an update more often than I have managed to do for far too long. And, I feel accountable for that, somehow.

Seven windows left to paint. Doesn’t sound earth-shaking. In the beginning, that would have been nothing…easy… after three years…not so sure. Sometime in the next few days, all will be done. But what I am not quite sure of is how one picks up the pieces at that point. Think about it. It has been three years since time in the studio has been a “given”…a way of life. Projects were always in the works…on paper, on the table, on the wall. So much has happened in the interim. (and not much of that “ART”). Most of the “work” that has gotten done has happened more in spite of the state of things, rather than because it was “work”. Art has definitely taken the back seat to “life”. This is uncharted territory. The things that used to drive any progress in the studio seem uninteresting, or just plain GONE…

There are two ways of looking at this. The easiest…simply picking up the pieces…truly, no longer seems to be an option. The harder thing will be to make new choices…can one abandon things in which so much time and energy has already been invested? Not clear. No one ever tells you that when opportunity knocks, hard choices have to be made…and, that clock is ticking…